From colonial Boston... Ben Franklin...

This is the "supplement" issue of this short-lived colonial newspaper. The publisher had Loyalist leanings, causing the demise of the paper before the outbreak of war.

Page 2 has a report from Charleston noting: "Both house of assembly i Georgia have appointed Benjamin Franklin, Esq. to be their agent in Great Britain". This is followed by some reports from London on the situation in the colonies (see). A very early report from Detroit begins: "Nothing extraordinary has happened hereabouts this winter; a few Indians killed as usual, by one another, when drunk..." with a bit more. Other news of the day.